Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-02-19

present congress. FOriy-three BnnuG
 appropriation bills Oneluiiog the rive
 srd hErbOg 6ilD are HOW ready 10 30 [
 the president.
 1 GLOUCsTER, Mass, February TO-
 Great anxiety prevails here concerniu
 the effect of congressional nciI1D. Il
 case war, every sailing vessel m tht S
 waters would be speedily converted int
 a priyateer.
 SAN tRASCIsCO. February l0-rwelv
 new cases of diphtheria and one deGtl
 from the same were reported to-day.
 PREsCOTT, February 10-The house
 tbis afternoon, was flooded with bills
 The afternoon vas pretty well taken u, | with the reading of the new code
 Barely a quorum was present. The olo
 code has been stripped ot tcchnicalitiel and verbiage. and thus has been muct ] simpliiied. The antique r1bbish 1i old
 EnRil<h common law has been dropped f s0 very considerable extent. A great many railroad and corpora
 ton men have been showing up. Thry
 gatber like crows around new made l CsrFicn.
 wAsHNGroN. Feb. l0.-The presi cent sens che following nOlsi- ation tc he senate to-day, to be Indian sgant ai the Colorado river agency, John w Busey, of Illinois
 PRESCOTT. Feb. 12 The Houss com miitee on military affairs have Intro. duced bill to abolish the office Of Adjutant general
 The bill relative tO roads changes the road tax two days instead of one and making the amount four dollars instead Of two,
 The bill RbolishinS Csunty Courts amended tD take eifsc. immediately, was ordered enGrossei by vote of 9 to 1. It will pa.s on Monday. No busi- ness was done in the council. GLOBE. A. r., February 12 12-CaptaIn Adams, who felonOusly assaulted Cor nelius Crowley win intent to kill, is nov having preliminary examination. Crowley IS seriously iu!1red.
 LIOSs, Mich. Feb. l2-The flood here is simply terrible. Panic has seized some of our people and it is impossible to estimste losses. Tie water in some places IS four feet deep in many reai- dences and the sane state Of Rf .irs pre- walls in the store rooms. Everybody is moving or preparing tO move. Last plight IL was the most exciting tune the village hBs ever experienced Up tO To f night three buildings had been 'washel away aud many others were bIily dsue cad. At Muir the same serious conditions prevails and the merchants have abandoned their stores. Adyiccs from other points are tO the same effect, but Lyons seems tO be ths worst Cff . Three Rivers k surrounded with water and all the shops have been closed. Al that point immense lumber piles are An 1at. Tho Lake S5ore railway track Is in great danger of being washed away At OwOSsa SIX inches of snow fell last night and inc river k stiil rising. Al MuarUe ths rlyUr has been slowly rising for The lsst twtnty-four hours, bus the ice has broken giving free passage to ihe cake. ih, banks ci thc river arc lined vi'h immense walls Of icc, eight cs teu fs-t above the present hIgh water mark, and great fields o' ice Of ;h- same thickness, are On ali the streets udjacect Co the river. Al Jackson .he prr-sure of the water iu iL5 miIl pond above the city Gas too great and last right .l. tue sluices were opened wlth the rezuls that the water rcge several fez: and tie Grand Trunk bridge is unv under water. Tho oellarH in business blocks ID Csnter;1wn are flooded rom eighteen inches Co tvo aud one-halifce: deep. The state fair grounds are com pletele submerged and CD large tract of land jn the south part of .he city the Gater Is uP to the floors ot dwellings. The prison wailI stand in the midst of lake.
 NEw YORK, F,S. 12 The Stars Lon don cub.egram ssys; ''Rus5ian agents ia tho Balkan cttto3 have been Giscoy- red by Bulgarian authorities m the net Ol organization oi .SiHy population for a sir UilGueOus TIsIlg g Bcuiust She govern meut- of Bulgsris, Eastern Isolmelia and Servis. The uowers have been nOti- fled of the fact sui aeked tO maze suita- hIe reuIese nations Bt Si. Petersburg and as1 the R1ssIan agents Co cause their agents to ies!6t. From the tapI- tel of each of tue above states come statements. that RussI4n occupation of BulgaEis shortly k regarded Gs in- evitnbie. COnst,Dtinoplc advicss show the beginning cf the end is Gt hand and Russia will be compelled Co take deci- sive action very soon.
 BRUssELs, February l2.--I! is an nouuccL ths; sll forts in Bslgilm along the frontier oi France have re- ceiyed cum?lste war armament; prepBra- tious even carried iO the extent Ot troops King Leopold will he commander in chef oi the Belgian forces, general Brioinont as chief of staff; Count of FiaIiers, brother of tbe md General Nsufersmess Gee11d,
 NEW YORK, Feb. l2-i be declaration ot District assembly i9 last night. that the strike was of, caused general rush uf flonr-LoTemen and freight handlers along the whole river front this morning to get back :O work. Al some piers along Elst silver, ihe strikers had not even waited for orders from Eebdquar- ters. but had gone back .O work On the best terms they could I0akc. AS early as 6 o'clock, gangs Of strikers were seen hround She piers waiting to catch the tuTemen and superintendents ss they came to their respective p!ers. Al the Maine steamship Cos pieT, all the old hands had returned. Al Clyde. Mallory and Ward piers also, many old hsnds bad found their way back, but m DO in- stance were they Tecoynlz d Cs Union- ists. By Monday it IS expected, busl- pess of the companies will have resumed it's normal shape.
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19.-Ihe Knights of Labor have purchased property on North Broad street for SCj,UO and It will he fiited Up with offices Ca Dc ocou- pied as general headquarters 0t She or- der for the [ 1ited States and Canada.
 PARIS. Feb. l3.--Ihe government is purchasing timber in B'hCmig for the purpose of constructing barracks.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. l2-3al D. mss The aOuse has agreed Co tEc Hmeudmert t3 the senate trade dollar biil, proYId- ing that tho coinage of trade dollars un- coined under this act shall not be con s;jvrsi ss part If silver builicn required Co De purchased and coined under pro. vI=ious fl the Bland l1w. As amended bii, Ess passed.
 BEELIS. February 1.-The National Gag. e attsitute5 the ccadUc, cf the Ere, ch chamber oi ispri' in Iosipon- !ng the de6sie un tbc French military hill O uESiiiirgUOss .1 iLe part oi France to deter the discussion of her military lfT .irs uniii after the German elections.
 FoRT WAYSE, IDdianR, Feb. ll-Ihe Haumee snd St. Ledger rivers raised HM